Membership Has Benefits:

Members

Arts, Education and Entertainment

Media Outlets

Connection Magazine is the Healthy Living, Conscious Lifestyle newspaper for Santa Cruz, Monterey County and Silicon Valley. In addition, we also cover travel, parenting, pets, business, ecology, and politics from an organic perspective.

Santa Cruz Waves is an online magazine and hub for what is exciting and new in Santa Cruz. The website has been up for 4 years and is attracting a lot of attention. For events, news articles, and amazing photography, check out santacruzwaves.com

Museums and Galleries

Santa Cruz Mountain Art Ctr.

NONPROFIT MEMBER

The mission of the Santa Cruz Mountains Arts Center is to support and encourage the arts through education, exhibition and cultural activities, reflecting the unique and diverse environment of the mountain communities.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

NONPROFIT MEMBER

Visit an ocean science center on the edge of the continent. Take a tour, touch a shark, marvel at a whale of a skeleton. Exhibits, aquarium, touch pools, and Ocean Discovery Shop provide a glimpse of ocean science and tools for conservation.

Streetlight Records

BRONZE MEMBER

None of the business categories fit our business; we sell new and used CDs, LPs, DVDs, video games, and VHS, as well as music accessories and books, posters and lifestyle items. We also have semi-regular, free live performances.

EXIT Santa Cruz

BRONZE MEMBER

EXIT Santa Cruz offers escape room games and private-room karaoke for family entertainment and organizational team-building. Escape rooms are fun, interactive games where teams have an hour to find clues and solve puzzles.

SEGWAY SANTA CRUZ TOURS

BRONZE MEMBER

Segway Santa Cruz Tours offer a one-of-a-kind family friendly experience for the entire family! Children as young as ages 10 yrs. old. Enjoy some of the most spectacular sea coast cliff views and attractions Santa Cruz has to offer.

Training & Classes

Higher Standards

BRONZE MEMBER

Small group courses and private instruction for SAT, ACT, PSAT, and GRE exams. Free practice SAT and ACT exams offered throughout the year. Math tutoring available for all grades, all levels. College essay editing. Aptitude test for career/major fit.

Beach Street Inn

Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers of Santa Cruz County

BRONZE MEMBER

Our 5 unique Bed and Breakfast Inns offer guests a different Bed to Sleep Inn - Your gateway to the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary.
Our member Inns are your home on the Coast, City or Santa Cruz Mountains. All are locally owned and operated!

Inn at Pasatiempo

SILVER MEMBER

Inn at Pasatiempo is a boutique style hotel nestled in a wooded sanctuary. Our rustic and casual hotel appeals to nature lovers and urbanites alike.We are both a family-friendly and pet-friendly hotel with casual and spacious accommodations.

Ocean Echo Inn & Beach Cottages

BRONZE MEMBER

A hidden gem just steps from the ocean on Sunny Cove beach. This Inn is locally owned and operated and has a private and charming location with quaint rooms and cottages where you can enjoy the soothing sounds of the ocean waves.

Gayles Bakery

Kerri Kreations

BRONZE MEMBER

Organic Vegan Cookie Bakery. Some gluten free varieties

Phone: 831-429-5129

Main address:216 B Fern StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95060

Pacific Cookie Co.

BRONZE MEMBER

We fresh-bake cookies all day long using the finest ingredients including Guittard Chocolate, Sweet cream butter, Fresh whole eggs, unbleached flour and pure vanilla extract. We also feature locally made Marianne's Ice Cream in 15 delicious flavors.

Sherri's Cookies

BRONZE MEMBER

We started with a simple dream: to be sweet to everyone. With that dream, and a love and passion for baking, Sherri’s Cookies continues serving the premium quality baked goods that are sure to please even the most discriminating!

The Open Hearth

BRONZE MEMBER

The Open Hearth is a weekly healthy gluten-free and plant-based meal preparation service that offers tasty and deeply nourishing meals, beverages and snacks. The Open Hearth uses organically grown, nutrient-dense, whole food-based ingredients.

Hidden Fortress Coffee Roasting

BRONZE MEMBER

Hidden Fortress started roasting coffee in 2012 to provide income for our farm. Our mission is to highlight the hard working farmers who grow the coffee and our commitment is to use only organic, sustainably produced coffee and other consumables.

Java Bob's Coffee Roasting

BRONZE MEMBER

A family owned and operated wholesale coffee roaster, supplying 100% Arabica coffee to cafe's, restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores and offices since 1988. Now open to the public at the roasting facility on the Westside.

The Ugly Mug

Ice Cream & Yogurt

Marianne's Ice Cream is made locally, and supplies many restaurants within the Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Francisco Bay areas. Come visit us on Ocean Ave. with over 70 flavors available. An Ice Cream institution in Santa Cruz.

Mission Hill Creamery

BRONZE MEMBER

Founded in 2010, Mission Hill Creamery is a privately held retail and wholesale creator
of unique artisanal ice cream and sorbet products. All ice cream and sorbet is made from
scratch at the company's Pacific Avenue Store in Santa Cruz.

Aldo's Harbor Restaurant

Aloha Island Grille

BRONZE MEMBER

Hawaiian style plate lunches in a great casual atmosphere, just blocks from the beach. Come enjoy our sunny patio and Aloha spirit. Open 7 days a week 11am till 8pm, come see why we are a local favorite. Beer and wine, Catering, Eat in or Take out.

Buzen Japanese Takeout

SILVER MEMBER

Phone: (831)359-7006

Main address:509 Bay Ave.Capitola, CA 95010

Carmona' BBQ Deli

BRONZE MEMBER

Carmona's is a local family run business that has the feeling of Cheers. Try our delicious selection of sandwiches & burgers! We've got great weekly specials Tuesdays-Thursdays. We also cater! Contact us for all your event & party needs!